# Amputations at Lozier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023109680` · 10/19/2023 · SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lozier Corporation
- **Location:** 2601 East Willow St., SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, 35768
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was on a spindle that controls flaps on a CNC saw machine. The flaps move up and down to guard and remove boards from the saw. The employee's left thumb was caught between the flaps, resulting in an amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*